2009年8月14日星期五

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Let them eat cake at Gulag city birthday party (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Yelena Zyuzka still doesn't understand why she was exiled to Magadan, but 62 years later she would happily share the enormous cake baked to celebrate the city's birthday.

Mystery surrounds fate of missing cargo ship (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:34 PM PDT

This undated picture released by Maritime Bulletin Sovfracht on August 12, 2009 shows the Arctic Sea cargo ship at an unknown location. The Russian-crewed cargo ship that vanished two weeks ago has been spotted off the Cape Verde islands, a coastguard source said Friday, after indications emerged that the vessel had been attacked twice.(AFP/Sovfracht)Reuters - Mystery shrouded the whereabouts of a missing merchant ship on Saturday after a Russian envoy said reports it had been found in the Atlantic off Cape Verde were untrue.

Britain suspends Turks and Caicos government (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:15 PM PDT

Britain ordered the suspension of the government of its Caribbean territory of the Turks and Caicos on Friday after an investigation found evidence of widespread corruption. REUTERS/GraphicsReuters - Britain ordered the suspension of the government of its Caribbean territory of Turks and Caicos on Friday and imposed direct rule after an investigation found evidence of widespread corruption.

Tsonga ends Federer's 21-win streak at ATP (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:14 PM PDT

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France celebrates his win over Roger Federer of Switzerland during the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Tsonga fought back from 1-5 down in the final set to stun Roger Federer and end the world number one's 21-match winning streak with a 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/3) victory in the Montreal Masters quarter-finals on Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fought back from 1-5 down in the final set to stun Roger Federer and end the world number one's 21-match winning streak with a 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/3) victory in the Montreal Masters quarter-finals on Friday.

Kate Winslet goes from Oscar win to TV series (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:36 PM PDT

Actress Kate Winslet seen here in June 2009 in New York City. Winslet, who won the 2009 best actress Oscar, will take the lead role in a television adaptation of AFP - British screen star Kate Winslet, who won the 2009 best actress Oscar, will take the lead role in a television adaptation of "Mildred Pierce," based on the novel by James M. Cain, Hollywood press said Friday.

Lockerbie bomber drops appeal against conviction: lawyers (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:21 PM PDT

The cockpit of the Pan Am passenger plane that exploded over Lockerbie in 1988. Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi is abandoning his appeal against conviction, his lawyers said, following reports he is set to be freed on compassionate grounds.(AFP/File/Letkey)AFP - Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi is abandoning his appeal against conviction, his lawyers said Friday, following reports he is set to be freed on compassionate grounds.

Iceland recapitalises two banks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:12 PM PDT

Kaupthing clients hold a banner during a protest in front of the ING headquarters in Brussels, in June 2009. Islandsbanki was given 65 billion kronor and New Kaupthing 72 billion kronor in government bonds which they will put on their balance sheets, the finance ministry said.(AFP/BELGA/File/Herwig Vergult)AFP - Iceland said Friday it had recapitalised two of its three main banks which it had to bail out when the global financial crisis devastated its economy and banking system last year.

Guard in Iraq murder case has stress disorder: family (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:11 PM PDT

An aerial view of the former Zuhur royal palace in the fortified 'Green Zone'. A British security guard accused over the killings of two of his colleagues in Iraq was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and should not have been in Baghdad, his family said Friday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A British security guard accused over the killings of two of his colleagues in Iraq was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and should not have been in Baghdad, his family said Friday.

France gears up — slowly — for more Sunday opening (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 15, 2009 file photo, customers enter the Vuitton store on the Avenue des Champs-Elyses in Paris. France is taking a leisurely August attitude to a new law that shakes up the country's traditional devotion to Sunday rest. Starting Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, more stores have the legal right to open, a step taken by the government in hopes of boosting employment and soaking up added tourist dollars. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)AP - France is taking a leisurely August attitude to a new law that shakes up the country's traditional devotion to Sunday rest.

Britons unite to defend health care amid US debate (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:38 PM PDT

Ambulances belonging to the National Health Service, seen, outside one of London's major hospitals St Mary's, in Paddington, London, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Britons love to mock their creaky National Health Service but they don't want anyone else poking fun at it. They particularly don't want right-wing Americans to use Britain's universal health care system as a punching bag in their battle against President Barack Obama's proposed reforms. Conservatives in the United States are using horror stories about Britain's system to warn Americans that Obama is trying to impose a socialized system that would give the government too much power, but Britons are digging in their heels, saying their system should be praised, not demonized. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Britons love to mock their National Health Service — just don't let anyone else poke fun at it.

Lockerbie bomber drops appeal, Scotland mulls move (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 01:15 PM PDT

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi (centre) is escorted by security officers in Tripoli in 1992. Lawyers said that Megrahi is abandoning his appeal against conviction, his lawyers said, following reports he is set to be freed on compassionate grounds.(AFP/File/Manoocher Deghati)AP - The only man found guilty in the 1988 airplane bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, is dropping his appeal, his lawyers said Friday — removing an obstacle to his possible transfer to Libya but disappointing activists who believe he is innocent.

Italian hotel mistakenly offers 1-cent weekend (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:57 PM PDT

AP - You had to be quick, but what a deal.

Missing cargo ship found near Cape Verde (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:48 PM PDT

In this Dec. 29, 2008 photo the cargo ship the Arctic Sea is seen in Kotka, Finland. The Arctic Sea, a Maltese-flagged cargo ship, was supposed to make port in Algeria with its cargo of timber on August 4. More than a week later, there's no sign of the ship or its Russian crew. (AP Photo/Pekka Laakso/Lehitukuva)AP - A Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, according to French and Russian officials. There was no immediate information about the condition of the crew or whether there was anyone else on board.

Britain imposes direct rule on Turks and Caicos (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:46 AM PDT

AP - Britain on Friday imposed direct rule on its former colony of Turks and Caicos following corruption claims against the territory's authorities.

$1.65M reward offered in London jewel thief hunt (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 10:46 AM PDT

AP - British police say a reward of 1 million pounds ($1.65 million) is being offered for information leading to the capture of thieves who pulled off one of the country's biggest jewel heists.

Glaxo starts testing its swine flu vaccine (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 10:27 AM PDT

AP - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Friday it has started testing its swine flu vaccine in humans.

Time running short for new climate-change deal (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 10:16 AM PDT

AP - Poor countries stepped up demands Friday on the industrial world to keep the Earth from catastrophically overheating, amid warnings that negotiations are moving too slowly to meet a December deadline for a sweeping accord on global warming.

(AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:58 AM PDT

AP - French Defense Ministry says missing Russian-manned ship discovered near Cape Verde.

US Marines to help train Georgian troops (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:41 AM PDT

AP - A group of U.S. Marines will arrive in Georgia to help train its troops for a mission alongside coalition forces in Afghanistan, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.

Russian police nab suspect in 15 racial killings (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:37 AM PDT

AP - A man suspected of committing 15 racially motivated killings was arrested in Moscow on Friday, according to officials.

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